Coach career-focused clients on how to take control of their work life. Acquire strategies, tools, and resources for navigating difficult career issues and dilemmas, from exploring occupations to charting radical change. Help clients clarify career goals through a self-exploration process, identify important resources, explore career alternatives, achieve better work-life balance, outline a strategic job-search campaign, and address the challenges of starting a business. Assist clients in developing a proactive career strategy that reflects their passions, values, skills, and practical needs, and learn ways to coach them on common workplace issues.

Investment: $525

Location: NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, location TBA

Upcoming Classes:

FALL 2018: Saturdays, October 13 & November 3, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

To register or get further information, please contact NYU-SCPS at 212-998-7150 or register online at www.scps.nyu.edu (course # COCH1-CE9871). For general class information, call 212-998-7200.

“I am amazed at how much fantastic information you've shared with us and am thrilled to be taking your class. Your approach is pragmatic, broad and complete, and I am constantly impressed by its depth. I find you quite inspiring. Thank you so much for teaching a class that I am positive will help me to grow my coaching business!”~~ Karen Elizaga

Making the Leap from Salaried to Self-Employed

With all the changes in the business world, along with the drive toward finding a fulfilling career, having your own business is looking more attractive every day.

But going it on your own requires a different approach and mindset, and knowing the professional and personal issues you’ll encounter can help you go into your new business with your eyes open. Come explore the promise and the pitfalls of starting and running your own business, so that you can navigate the transition into self-employment with ease.

Investment: $35

Location: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street, NYC

Upcoming Classes:

Mondays, October 22, 7 - 8:30 pm

To register or get further information, please contact the 92nd Street Y at 212-415-5500. Register online at www.92y.org.

Getting Your Book from Concept to Creation

Have you been sitting on a book idea for years, but have no idea how to even start?

Writing a book can be a challenge, but with affordable self-publishing options, more people than ever are getting their books out to the market. Veteran publisher Sharon Good will take you through the steps of writing, publishing and marketing to turn your book idea into a reality.

Investment: $35

Location: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street, NYC

Upcoming Classes:

Mondays, November 5, 7 - 8:30 pm

To register or get further information, please contact the 92nd Street Y at 212-415-5500. Register online at www.92y.org.

Entrepreneurial Skills for New Coaches

This practical course demystifies the process of establishing a private coaching practice—one that aligns with your vision and values. Learn how to set your pricing structure, handle legal and tax aspects, and create relevant materials, so you are prepared when a client wants to hire you. Gain the skills to present yourself using your own unique branding so you stand out to your target audience. This course also will cover a variety of marketing techniques for connecting with your ideal client base. At the end of the course, you will draft a business and marketing strategy to get you started.

You'll walk away with:

A business and marketing strategy that will help you to launch a new coaching practice or to move your existing practice to the next level

Basic entrepreneurial skills that will help you to develop your coaching practice

Investment: $250

Location: NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, location TBA

Upcoming Classes:

SUMMER 2018: July 28, 10 am - 5 pm

To register or get further information, please contact NYU-SCPS at 212-998-7150 or register online at www.scps.nyu.edu/index.jsp (course # CPDC1-CE9502). For general class information, call 212-998-7200.

Take Your First Steps in Career Transition

Are you dissatisfied with your current job or career path but don't know how to get where you want to be?

Whether you're experiencing "quarter-life crisis," impending retirement or something in between, join expert Career Coach Sharon Good to learn how to uncover new possibilities for your career or retirement, and take the first step in finding a path that makes you happy.

Investment: $35

Location: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street, NYC

Upcoming Classes:

Monday, February 25, 7 - 8:30 pm

To register or get further information, please contact the 92nd Street Y at 212-415-5500. Register online at www.92y.org.

Learn how to start your coaching practice and connect with creative clients. The 8-week class includes weekly assignments and a one-hour weekly teleclass to learn about business start-up, clarifying your coaching niche and target audience, and exploring an array of methods for marketing your practice.

This course is part of the Creativity Coaching Association's certification practice. The course is available to CCA certification candidates and members.

Includes a complimentary copy of Sharon's book, Creative Marketing Tools for Coaches.

“Your class is amazing. It has gotten me over many boulders of resistance. I am a great admirer of your coaching and teaching skills. The last time I was challenged or learned this much from any one person, I was in a Ph.D. program.”~~ Charlene Geiss, Creativity Coach

Life Purpose Institute Coach Certification Program

Get trained to be a life and career coach, and clarify your own career path!

For over 30 years, the Life Purpose Institute has helped people discover their life purpose. Through this powerful, intimate training, you can learn to coach people to create a life they love.

In the 25-session webinar training, which meets weekly for 6 months or biweekly for 3 months, you'll learn to become a life, career and life purpose coach from the comfort of your home. Over the course of the training, you'll learn and practice the skills, with the support of your instructor and a group of 6 to 8 classmates.

“Sharon Good receives the highest accolades from her students. She is an excellent instructor. Her students recognize her brilliance, warmth, clarity and depth of insight. Sharon goes the extra mile and brings her personal touch to each and every student. She is a rare human being who touches her students' lives forever.“ ~~ Fern Gorin, M.A.,
Director, The Life Purpose Institute

"Thank you for responding to my many questions with such patience and thoroughness. I can't tell you how valuable your clarity is to me as a student and future coach. I have always asked many questions of my professors and instructors, and my learning process has historically been greatly enhanced as a direct result. My experience with you and the Life Purpose Institue has already taught me that an online class is equally as valuable an experience as any private university I attended. A million thanks for such wonderful instruction! ~~ Peggy Levenstein

"Sharon exudes expertise and inspires enthusiasm.”~~ Steven Frank

“Sharon was my instructor at the Life Purpose Institute. Sharon is so knowledgeable and passionate about the profession of coaching and really engages her students. She is creative and offers some of the best ideas to market yourself as a coach and think outside the box regarding life and careers. I consider myself lucky to have studied under Sharon and look to her for inspiration.”~~ Paige Carbone

“Experiencing Sharon as a coaching education instructor will go down in my life history as a singular opportunity to learn from a 'master.' Her incredible depth of knowledge of coaching skills, her heightened sensitivity to and awareness of my needs both as a student and as a person, and her amazing ability to lead our class in learning the unique and sophisticated Life Purpose Process in just 17 weeks reflect her high level of both professional and personal competence. She’s the person I’d like most to be…“ ~~ Barbara W. Deery

“Wow! I learned a lot! You are an amazing teacher! You and your class have allowed me to move on to the next chapter of my life. I will be forever grateful!!!“ ~~ Pam Ketterer

“You are really a great instructor and so easy to listen to! I've attended all kinds of teleclasses and you do a really nice job.“ ~~ Barbara G.

"Sharon Good's workshop, Getting Focused in a Busy, Demanding World, was right on the mark. Her presentation was engaging and informative, and she was well-received by attendees. She is a very approachable speaker, with a style that is welcoming as well as well-informed."